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Brighette RyanWeekend Digital Editor

Brighette Ryan is The Australian’s digital night editor. She was previously Social Media Editor, leading the paper’s social media strategy across platforms including Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Brighette has also worked as a producer for 2SM and as a social media producer for the Nine Network.

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WENTWORTH BY-ELECTIONNational Affairs

17/10/2018: Wentworth debate hosted by the Jewish Board of Deputies with candidates; left to right, Labor Candidate Tim Murray, Independent Prof Kerryn Phelps, Liberal candidate Dave Sharma and independent Licia Heath.Pic by James Croucher

Crowd reacts to embassy stance

Members of the Jewish community have packed into a public forum in Sydney tonight for a QandA with four by-election candidates.

Elias Visontay

Wall Street Journal

Preferred Networks co-founders Daisuke Okanohara, left, and Toru Nishikawa. Picture: Bloomberg News

Never trip over a toy again

A start-up has developed a robot that can pick up toys and clothes off the floor and put them in their proper places.

Takashi Mochizuki

exclusiveVictoria Election

Leading Firefighter Geoff Barker is a professional CFA member based at Cranbourne Fire Station. He believes reform is needed to improve emergency response times in Casey and provide an integrated fire service across the state. Picture: AAP/ Chris Eastman

Top Labor officials subpoenaed

Victorian Labor’s top officials have been subpoenaed to attend court over dispute with the United Firefighters Union.

Samantha Hutchinson

EXCLUSIVENSW Election

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian speaks during the Western Sydney Business Connection State of the Region Address in Warwick Farm, Sydney, Thursday, October 11, 2018. (AAP Image/Brendan Esposito) NO ARCHIVING

Premier adds on strategic advisor

Gladys Berejiklian has hired yet another strategic advisor as she seeks to find a coherent political strategy ahead of the NSW election.

Andrew Clennell

Q&A RECAPBroadcast

Senator James Patterson appears on the ABC's Q&A program.

‘What you’re saying is a slogan’

James Patterson and Jeffrey Sachs sparred over climate change, foreign aid and welfare in a heated episode of Q&A.

Elias Visontay

The Nation

Farmer wins prestigious prize

A farmer who had the bright idea of turning wasted green bananas into flour has won the National Rural Women’s Award.

Sue Neales

Immigration

Liberal Member for Chisholm Julia Banks reacts during House of Representatives Question Time at Parliament House in Canberra, Monday, September 17, 2018. (AAP Image/Lukas Coch) NO ARCHIVING

‘We’ve come to the tipping point’

Liberal MPs are pushing Scott Morrison to evacuate detained children and their parents from Nauru for humanitarian reasons.

Elias Visontay

The Nation

Policeman takes own life on job

WA police are investigating the death of an officer at a station in Perth’s southern suburbs, which has been temporarily closed.

Victoria Laurie

Football

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - OCTOBER 12: Usain Bolt of the Mariners celebrates scoring his first goal during the pre-season friendly match between the Central Coast Mariners and Macarthur South West United at Campbelltown Sports Stadium on October 12, 2018 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Matt King/Getty Images)

Usain bolts from the A-League

The world’s fastest man is reportedly leaving the Central Coast Mariners to take up a contract with an unnamed club in Europe.

Ray Gatt

National Affairs

Alex Turnbull, son of former PM Malcolm Turnbull has released a video on YouTube where he declares voters should not vote liberal in the seat of Wentworth

‘Voters must stop the rot’

Alex Turnbull has described his father’s disappearance from public life as a “major improvement” to other former PMs.

Olivia Caisley

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